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Canadian students are joining UNICEF & Spread the Net in the fight
against malaria, helping to save lives - one bed net at a time. Spread the
word & help Spread the Net!
High school, college and university students nationwide are helping to save
lives in Liberia and Rwanda by fundraising for insecticide-treated bed nets
through the Spread the Net Student Challenge. Malaria kills a child every 30
seconds, but a simple $10 bed net can reduce malaria transmission by at
least 50 percent.
Championed by Spread the Net co-founder and comedian Rick Mercer, the Spread
the Net Student Challenge runs until March 1, 2009 and comes with a special
prize: top fundraising schools are eligible to win a visit from Rick
himself!
The 2008 winner was Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Through
T-shirt sales and live music concerts, the campus raised funds to provide
1,700 life-saving bed nets to vulnerable families and were showcased on the
Rick Mercer Report!
Spread the Net is a grassroots initiative, co-founded by Belinda Stronach
and Rick Mercer in partnership with UNICEF Canada, with the goal of
providing 500,000 insecticide-treated bed nets in 2009. To date, more than
half that target has been reached, with Canadian students and teachers alone
raising funds for more than 30,000 nets.
Help spread the word at your local high school, college or university.
Encourage them to get involved, and consider making a contribution yourself!
Visit
www.spreadthenet.org |
